Water Utility

Shadow Woods At Deer Brook

Location Exeter, Rhode Island,
RI
Serves 300
Source Groundwater
PWS ID RI2980426

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.35 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
88x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb
This Utility: 1.99 ppt Legal Limit: 10 ppb
1,988x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.001 ppb
This Utility: 2.88 ppt Legal Limit: 10 ppb
481x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.006 ppb
This Utility: 3.66 ppt Legal Limit: 4 ppb
12x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.3 ppb

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 5.67 ppt Legal Limit: 4 ppb
63x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.09 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.77 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
15x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb
This Utility: 8.35 ppb Legal Limit: 20 ppb
19x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.43 ppb
This Utility: 12.5 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.137 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.214 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.206 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 2.5 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
2000 ppt
This Utility: 2.57 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1000 ppt
This Utility: 1.62 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1000 ppt
This Utility: 1.39 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1000 ppt
This Utility: 1.93 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1000 ppt

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 4 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+5 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 6 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+9 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Other Contaminants Detected
Barium
Fluoride
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS)
Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)
Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA)
Perfluoropentanoic Acid (PFPeA)

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